12/9 Mythics Art Update with @JustinMezzell @Auldrobot @ColinHesterly @akastevey_

Full replay link.
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1OwxWwDLRXNxQ

This thread will focus on the slides shared to show the visual process and some ideas so far with Mythics.

They are still a work in progress and not final.


This was one of the first things @Auldrobot worked on to put the world together.

Developing the Odd God in different states.

Early sketches we showed during Future PROOF

@Auldrobot did a lot of sketches at the beginning.

This is the base model. We want the cleanest of birds to feel beautiful.

Not all will be traditional owl beaks. You'll see different beaks.

For the gold @ColinHesterly imagined the gold statue from the beginning of The Raiders of the Lost Ark.

There's still a refining process going on.

Trying to figure out the colors. Lots of thought goes into it.


Hope you enjoyed seeing some art behind Mythics.

Do you have a favorite Mythic shown today?

Have a trait idea that you'd like to see?

Please share!



12/9 Mythics Art Update

We hosted two events last week during Art Basel in Miami.

Great venues, food, drinks, and swag.

The best part though was getting a chance for everyone to meet old and new friends and hang out for two days!

Here's a thread that recaps our events...




Our first event was Subparliaments Unite and consisted of members of @deadbirds_io @hotwings_xyz @moonbirdswomen @LosLatinBirds @Nudebirbs and @Robirds_xyz .

Great indoor and outdoor space. Tacos for dinner. Special drink menu and free custom patches.



https://twitter.com/AleksInWeb3/status/1598493303464501254?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg




Friday we had our PROOF Day Lounge opened from 12 - 8pm to our @oddities_xyz @moonbirds @proof_xyz members and their +1.

It was held at Doya with perfect indoor and outdoor space.

The food and drinks were delicious. The hard working staff was so amazing and friendly.


https://twitter.com/jpmex_/status/1599131083873738752?s=20&t=Zlqvp18DQj3kNs-g5gm9vQ



Custom swag available for everyone that attended.




Our design team did a great job with the Miami vibes.

https://twitter.com/NFTbark/status/1598728155203866624?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg



Across the street from our day lounge, we took an illustration from @Auldrobot and had a mural painted by Ruben Ubiera (IG is urbanruben)


https://twitter.com/auldrobot/status/1598872398173900800?s=61&t=Ced2n3rv4dHxQScYBKG0_A



It was a great spot to take a photo.

Share yours in that tweet if you did!


https://twitter.com/moonbirds/status/1599059732941049856?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg



We had jean jackets for sale with different Moonbirds logo or you could get it customized by amazing spray paint artists.




https://twitter.com/greti_eth/status/1598772817834672129?s=61&t=TjTQkRRZeYAJ7CdmfuEDpQ




Many got a full customized jacket that turned out so good.

https://twitter.com/themartinhyu/status/1599110666081619968?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg



https://twitter.com/Asaf_Tsur/status/1598822050898104322?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg



We had a giveaway for 200 lucky attendees thanks to @Ed_Balloon

https://twitter.com/proof_xyz/status/1599222492865830912?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg



Here's a video the announcement with @Ed_Balloon during the event.


https://twitter.com/mb8238/status/1598838245764349953?s=20&t=Zlqvp18DQj3kNs-g5gm9vQ



100 ft from our day lounge, we had a space called Collective Coffee with digital screens showing generative art.

It was a great place to relax and get a cup of coffee.

Access only to members that have PROOF Collective pass.



Besides serving free coffee (the cortado I had was delicious) , we had free bags of coffee beans available.

https://twitter.com/beanbirdscoffee/status/1599159353034297345?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg



The best part about events are the connections we make with each other.

I got to meet so many long time members, new ones, and even people that came with a friend to their first NFT event.

If I spoke with you last week, just know I enjoyed meeting you!




We love that people had an amazing time and shared it on Twitter.

Meeting IRL is truly the best.


https://twitter.com/abe238/status/1599089552911581184?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg



https://twitter.com/frankdegods/status/1598812164806131714?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg




https://twitter.com/vgomes_eth/status/1598856405804814336?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg



https://twitter.com/papaduckz/status/1599070225810743297?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg




https://twitter.com/fgenekent/status/1598792953979248640?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg




https://twitter.com/cc0mfer/status/1599142624233152512?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg




https://twitter.com/christinelu/status/1598778741357891585?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg




https://twitter.com/AkinSawyerr/status/1599079288552058880?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg



https://twitter.com/delvallecrypto/status/1598889660616318976?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg



https://twitter.com/AleksInWeb3/status/1598824312986812420?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg




https://twitter.com/chanfiire/status/1599041901763575809?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg




https://twitter.com/NFTeafor2/status/1599423574565003264?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg




https://twitter.com/peterfsnell/status/1599046529800540160?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg




https://twitter.com/chanfiire/status/1599754063318745090?s=20&t=HKqJicliv0eSMWysl96SKw




https://twitter.com/youngsunlive/status/1599418650850910210?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg




https://twitter.com/1stnattasha/status/1599333088366325761?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg




https://twitter.com/harper__chris/status/1598861831988092929?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg




https://twitter.com/NFTbark/status/1598825535680962560?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg



For some it was their first web3 IRL event, and we love to hear they had a great time.

https://twitter.com/CryptosauriusX/status/1598912782501838850?s=20&t=m17Z0JLWjUBSZBTrdjYWfw



https://twitter.com/0xMiikka/status/1598878104545423360?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg



As an introvert myself,  I love this.

We do have the best community that comes to our events.

https://twitter.com/annetgriffin/status/1598857868945821696?s=20&t=Gt3vyIWciMPGBhe5DKjwRg



@LilyInWeb3 summed up the importance of community with IRL events and took great photos as well.

https://twitter.com/AleksInWeb3/status/1599517685263437826?s=20&t=m17Z0JLWjUBSZBTrdjYWfw



We have to thank our rockstar @MaggiRichmond for putting together amazing events in Miami.

Thanks those that attended from the USA and around the world!

We can't wait to do this again.

Hope to see many of you next May for PROOF of Conference.

https://www.proofofconference.xyz


Miami Art Basel Events Recap

Future PROOF

Today we present our vision for the coming months.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DinbkxbYMPg

In the last 6 months

- Moonbirds launched
- Oddities launched
- NFT NYC events
- 100 PROOF podcast, weekly Parliaments and Discord Town halls Q&As. 
- Full time PROOF analyst with two deep-dive reports and hired a Director of Research
- Grails II completed
- Now a team of 30

PROOF European Tour

Libson
Paris
Berlin
London for Frieze

Fun casual meetups. Less of a party and more of a way to chat with others and getting to know each other. 

Stay tuned to Discord for all the details. 

Also considering Asia and Australia for the future. 

PROOF of Conference

Multi-day celebration of every aspect of web3.

Art exhibitions, IRL mint experiences, and talks from leading figures in the space. 

Interest-based social events that are designed to facilitate connections between community members.

It’ll also be a party and celebration of all things web3.

PROOF Collective members will be receiving a VIP pass for free. 

Moonbirds and Oddities have discounted passes and first access when tickets go live.

We’re aiming for mid-2023. Dates and more details next month.

The PROOF Collective. 

Our mission with the collective was always twofold. 

1. How do we make sense of the noise. Bringing clarity, insights, and a point of view to the NFT world.

2. How can we unlock exclusive access to this community of collectors?

Outside of the early podcast access, we’re actively building out a team to support the Collective with data and editorial-driven insights.

@punk9059 Director of Research will share that plan.

Have three main goals.

Provide the PROOF collective with insightful, data-driven, actionable analytics about NFTs.

Build the dialogue around NFTs in the Collective

Establish PROOF to the whole NFT ecosystem as a go-to place for institutional level research on the NFT space.

Monthly

@wardaddycapital has been publishing monthly Deep Dives that explore new industries and sectors of the NFT ecosystem.

The goal is that one year later, you can see that @wardaddycapital and the team got ahead on the trends that matter. 

Daily

A daily newsletter that will be available to the Collective every morning.

Find charts that are interesting in the space. See what's moving. What the main themes the past 24 hours are.

Weekly 

A weekly cadence of reports on trends and themes that are interesting from a statistical or thematic perspective. 

If there are things that are interesting and you want analysis on, let us know. We're here to serve you to help you and make your insight better. 

 @eli_schein sharing ongoing efforts to bring world class artists to PROOF.

Our role in this space:

- be a steward for creative expression

- Launchpad for outstanding artists to share their work

Today, we’re excited to announce a series of curated products.

Grails will now be a 3 time a year event.

-same quality, fun and surprises

-With new curatorial focuses, themes and mechanics

-Curation for season 3 is already underway, and we have some outstanding artists committed to participate.

Collaborations

Traditionally, our collaborations have been focused on static drops of artwork.

Going forward we want to find ways to unlock creativity with the artists we work with. 

One way is to make our smart contract expertise available to the artists who we collaborate with. 

You can imagine a world where this leads to novel drop mechanics or generative projects never before possible.

We’ll be releasing the names of the first Collaboration soon.

PROOF Curated

A new product that will invite top artists and curators - the names you recognize and know - to curate a limited release of their favorite emerging artists in partnership with PROOF.

These curated drops can come with Grails like reveals, or brand new drop mechanisms we’ve yet to announce.

A wonderful way to once again put artists at the forefront of everything we do, while empowering curators to truly help shape each release.

The first Curated will be in partnership with a season II Grails artist. More on that coming soon.

And finally Genesis. This is where we’ll bring established traditional artists and creators into NFTs for the very first time.

Grails - same fun reveal mechanic

Collaborations - extension of collabs we've done in the past and explore what's possible with smart contracts,

Curated - curated releases focused on emerging artists

Genesis - traditional artists will release their very first NFT for PROOF

In total, we’re targeting 10 events a year, almost one every month and we’re laying the foundations to make sure we deliver on this cadence now.

You can expect us to hit full stride by early next year.

Moonbirds

To date:
- 200k ETH in total volume traded
- #8 all time volume on Opensea
- 95% holders nested



First updates from @divergenceharri 

The first is that we aren't just putting the birds on-chain, we're putting them in-chain.

Now, I know that a lot of people will be wondering what on earth I'm talking about, and what the difference is.

What I mean is that the bird images you see in OpenSea, and in your wallets and galleries, will be constructed by the contract itself from art layers stored on chain.

This is unusual but certainly not unique. On Chain Monkey is an example of a PFP collection made like this, and there are generative art projects which take it even further and put the code right into the contract.

But at the moment the market doesn't distinguish between that approach and other projects where the code used to create the art is archived somewhere on the blockchain but the NFTs themselves point to images stored off-chain.

Both approaches have their places, so this isn’t one-upmanship. We just think it's confusing when the same name is used in multiple ways, and are keen to make that distinction easier to understand.

The second thing this unlocks is that Proof Collective holders will be able to activate a special background for their birds, as long as they are in the same wallet as their collective pass. 

When that bird is sold or transferred, the background will change back to the original. This doesn’t impact rarity. It’s a little fun flex.

This is not a trivial piece of work but its the primary focus for our smart contract team now that grails is done, so it won’t be long.

The future of Moonbirds from @JustinMezzell 

We're grateful to have a collector base that is filled with initiative, creativity, and entrepreneurial drive. 

You've done amazing things with Moonbirds brand and we want you to do more alongside us. 

A question we ask ourselves internally is how do we grow the Moonbirds brand into a truly global household name? A top 2 or 3 PFP project.

First, internally here at PROOF, we’re building out a business development team to focus on Moonbirds. 

This team will be tasked with creating partnerships with other large brands to create cultural moments that further the Moonbirds reach and exposure.

Also a DAO that empowers you all to build creative Moonbirds projects alongside us.

And then, to go along side that, dedicated PROOF team members to help shepherd DAO projects towards completion. 

Because good idea and good intentions go a long way, but not always enough.

Also, we want Moonbirds and PROOF to always be known as a team that push the boundaries of what is possible, coming up with new and innovative ways to leverage blockchain technology.

And lastly, we are planning for a slow thoughtful expansion of the Moonbirds brand, hatching new members daily. 

This will be done with an eye towards giving back to the original collectors.

DAO

A lot of details being worked through, so you’ll see more updates from us before year end.

First, the DAO will you to decide which projects can use the Moonbirds name. 

This is different to the art copyright rights which are already open to all via CC0.

And secondly, the DAO is going to control a soon to be formed treasury. 

This treasury will allow the DAO to deploy capital toward Moonbirds related projects or investments that further the Moonbirds mission.

That treasury will be bootstrapped with funding from PROOF and will receive ongoing support through Moonbirds secondary royalties.

We believe that the DAO will serve as our vehicle to empower the most creative among the community.

To build a big brand, to make a dent, you have to either have a massive marketing team and budget, or you remove creative friction (as we did with cc0) and then empower a grassroots community movement. 

We believe that PROOF combined with an empowered community is a team that can’t be matched by any centralized organization.

And I want to emphasize really, really, strongly that the DAO isn’t us handing over responsibility for creating cool new things to the community. 

We’re still here building really cool things for you, including things which are experimental and fun and attractive to those of you who want to participate.

We’re just empowering the community to build alongside us.

Moonbirds Mythics

Today, we’re excited to announce the first official expansion to the Moonbirds collection: Moonbirds Mythics.

A couple weeks ago you may seen a graphic from the Oddities. 


This is their subterranean tunnels where they burrow in search of food, treasure, or really anything odd. 

Recently, they have been persuaded by the Moonbirds to search for the lost eggs buried underground. 

20,000 eggs buried and lost for centuries.

Today, we’re excited to announce that all 20,000 eggs have been discovered and recovered by the Oddities.

As we all know, an egg requires heat to be hatched.

There are two ways this can happen. 

One is through the collective warmth of the Moonbirds nests. 

Each day, on the reveal website at exactly the same time, 25 new Mythics will hatch. 

We don’t know which eggs will hatch at any time, or which Moonbird will be hatching the egg. 

All we know is that you only need to nest the Moonbird. Unnested Moonbirds won’t be eligible.

So each day recipients will be randomly selected from nested Moonbirds, and hatching will continue until all 20,000 eggs are hatched.

This will allow for a slow thoughtful expansion. 

But what about the Oddities who are doing all the work?

Oddities don't nest but they too have discovered a way to hatch a new Moonbird Mythic.

Deep in the depths, you'll find a fire. 

We call it Moonfire. 

It only burns in one special place and that is the hearth of the Odd God.

When an egg enters that hearth, it will hatch. 

There are two drawbacks, though. 

The first is that the eggs can’t get into the hearth on their own. They need to be carried in by an Oddity. 

Sadly, it’s not something an Oddity can survive, so it will be burned.

Do you carry an egg to the Odd God or do you remain an Oddity?

The hearth isn't very big and you can only fit 25 eggs and Oddities at a time. 

And each takes a full 24 hours to hatch. 

So that’s a total of 25 Oddities that can be burned each day.

Because nested Moonbirds are selected at random, and we don’t know how many Oddities will be burned, we can’t perfectly predict how many Mythics each nested Moonbird will receive. 

What we can say is that everyone has an equal shot. 

And importantly, because these aren’t the Moonbirds’ or Oddities’ own eggs, the chance of hatching a special or rare Mythic is equal for everyone.

No inherited traits. 

In one extreme scenario, where no Oddities are brave enough to enter the fire and every Moonbird is nested, there are just 25 hatching a day. 

That’s two years and two and a half months for the whole collection to hatch, and an average of 2 Mythics per Moonbird.

At the other extreme, if every single Oddity was prepared to sacrifice itself for the Mythics and every Moonbird is nested, it would take 400 days - a little over a year - and Moonbirds would hatch an average of 1 Mythic each. 

Because this is fully random, I do want to stress that that means that if your MB has already hatched, they still have a chance to hatch another one as long as they’re nested.

Because they’ll all be generated in advance, we’ll be able to let you know the rarity banding of your Mythic as it mints so you don’t have to wait for the full collection to hatch to understand how it all fits together.

The art is a collaboration of the art team. 

Want to make more of a diverse, wild, mystical imagery.

This isn't the final but just sketches and the ideas. Things may change. 

Love the idea of thinking of the Mythics as being collectors of art, culture and creativity.

These aren't final. But we did colorize a few different directions to show you what they'd look like in high fidelity. 

They're full body now but may not be. 


In the original Moonbirds collection, there were masks. But it didn't feel like it fit at the time. But masks is something Justin has wanted to bring back for a collection. 

@Auldrobot did the illustration and @ColinHesterly brought it to full color. 


Moonbirds Mythics are very high fidelity and require more illustration work, so it’s going to take a bit longer to create this collection of 20,000. 

Because of that, you can expect us to launch this collection early next year.


Codename Highrise

We mentioned at the Future PROOF preview our philosophy for building products:

- Transparently
- Iteratively
- With community providing input through beta testing.

Rather than build this platform in secret, we’ll build it out in the open with you along for the ride. 

As long as you have a Moonbird, Oddities, or PROOF Collective pass, we'll let you in and start playing with this early.

For example, you can expect to see our product and design team bouncing ideas off you in the Discord, hosting user feedback sessions, or collecting input via surveys.

Collectively you have some incredible ideas and great insight, so we want to make the most of that.

@divergenceharri with an early preview

Project Highrise is a platform digital collectors can call home. 

A unified, token-gated place for all things PROOF and web3.

Here, depending on what you hold, you’ll find everything built by or for PROOF:

research reports
podcasts
DAO proposals
Nest where the Mythics will hatch
The Odd Gods hearth
Merch from us or from DAO-funded projects. 

This infrastructure will be the very heart of PROOF, the city center of our digital world.

For this to be usable it requires really simple authentication and a single Proof identity. You want easy phone access, but in a way that doesn’t mean making security compromises.

That means not digging out your hardware wallet multiple times a day. 

And if you’re someone who spreads your collection across multiple wallets, or even multiple chains, you should be able to link them together and get all your benefits without hopping between logins.

That may not be the sexiest part of what we’re building, but it’ll be so powerful and it’s just one example of the core tech we’re developing. 

In time, we hope to make a lot of this available for others. It's our goal to lift up and support the creators around us.

That’s your home, where you can explore and express your on-chain identity. 

Here's a design mock up we’re working on although I want to stress that we’re still really early in this process, with a lot of work to go to make sure this is as valuable and as fun as it can be.

As a PROOF NFT holder - starting with Collective, Moonbirds, and Oddities - you'll be eligible to create your own curated galleries, viewable to everyone in or out of the community.

This is a mock up we've put together from Kevin's collection. 

Right now this is all ETH mainnet stuff because that's how we'll launch, but the goal is to support multiple chains so you can really mix and match in a single gallery.

Looking at the gallery itself, something that's really important to us is that we don't just want to display art - we want to help you really tell a story. 

In this example, he's recorded some audio commentary, so you can hear what it is he loves about these pieces.

If you’ve enjoyed the gallery, you can sign the guestbook.

How cool would it be to check in one day and discover an artist has appreciated your curation. 

We'll have a bunch of discovery mechanisms to help explore, like suggestions for galleries containing similar artists.

This is a pretend artist name Convergence.

We want this to be the best place you could go to learn about a piece of art.

Commentary from artist and curator. 

Where the work was featured not only in our content but great content from all over.

Collection insights as well.

So that's a bit on the collection, what about the artist?

Create the ultimate artist profiles from the perspective of the artists themselves. 

Announcements feed which interested collectors can subscribe to.

Collectors can stay updated so you don't miss important updates.

We can link through to all kinds of interesting content, and their collections. 

Anything is possible based on what artists tell us they want. 

If we can get all the best artists using our platform, the collectors will follow and we can create something really special.

We’re continuing to explore design concepts which stay true to this idea of a digital city, but really the focus is on the content we’ll be playing with.

We’ve had some fantastic investors w/ @trueventures and @alexisohanian 's fund @sevensevensix 

But we’re aiming to turn PROOF into a globally recognized brand w/ a suite of great products, and that needs additional capital to build and support from a deep bench of experts.

Today, we’re thrilled to announce we’ve closed a new $50M round of financing. 

Led by Andressen Horowitz @a16z , with participation from @derekedws from @Collab_Currency, @FLAMINGODAO, @svangel, @trueventures, and @sevensevensix .

This brings a ton of experience to the table. They provide help with marketing, engineering and security teams, recruitment services, legal and regulatory teams, and so much more.

I hope you realize as we do, this is a great vote of confidence from some of the most respected investors in web3, as well as capital to keep delivering great products and services as we mature this business over the long term.

For Kevin, this is a dream list of investors.

One more thing to announce...

It's a big thing but we're not allowed to say too much about it. 

Today can confirm that we are working towards a PROOF Token (name TBD).

As you can imagine, designing and launching a token is both a technological lift and a legal one.


We can’t give you a lot of details at this time, but here is what we can say.

The world doesn’t need another token for speculation. 

When we do something it should be uniquely our own, w/ real utility, something that will push what’s possible in new and exciting directions.

We’ll have more to share in the coming months, but expect a larger unveiling Q1 2023.

Kevin hopes today’s roadmap and funding announcement gives you a glimpse into this future version of PROOF. 

One that is about thoughtful expansion, doubling down on our existing collections, empowering the creative community, building with art and artists in mind, 

Creating tooling for all of web3, and of course, doing this for many many years to come. We’re excited you’re on this journey with us and we’re forever grateful. LG.

Future PROOF presentation

Grails Season 2 artist reveal from @proof_xyz 

25 artists
25 pieces of art
One week to decide which one to mint
Today the artists were revealed...

Grails #01

Total minted: 33

Artist: Tom Sachs
@tom_sachs 

"Belly of the Whale:01"

Grails #02

Total minted: 40

Artist: Grant Riven Yun
@GrantYun2 

"Store"

Grails #03

Total minted: 24

Artist: Process Grey
@process_grey 

"Fixer-upper"

Holders will get a generative character by Process Grey. Small drop of 150 characters. You'll get an airdrop of one. Snapshot soon.

Grails #04

Total minted: 19

Artist: Coldie
@Coldie 

"Get Weird"

This image will be swapped out for a gif version and can unlock a 3D version of this work.

Grails #05

Total minted: 17

Artist: Linda Dounia 
@LindaDouniaR 

"Sparrows do not fear the sun"

All holders will receive a physical of this.

Holder will also receive "Resurrection, 1968" by Alma Thomas as a NFT. 

If Grails 5 is sold, then the accompanying NFT will go too

Grail #06

Total minted: 123

Artist: Kjetil Golid
@kGolid 

"Crude Figures"


Grail #07

Total minted: 31

Artist: Pindar Van Arman
@VanArman 

"Quantum Noise"

After this goes live, all will turn into 1/1 generative outputs.


Grail #08

Total minted: 65

Artist: Refik Anadol
@refikanadol 

"Latent Floral - A"

Grail #09

Total minted: 39

Artist: CachePoor 
@CachePoor 
https://instagram.com/jessmachete

Her genesis NFT

"My Mother the Sun"


Grails #10

Total minted: 39

Artist: Luis Ponce
@luispon_c 

"Ambivalence"


Grail #11 

Total minted: 39

Artist: Alpha Centauri Kid
@lphaCentauriKid 

"made these for your girl"


Grail #12 

Total minted: 17

Artist: James Jean
@JamesJeanArt 

"Dragon Preliminary Study"

Grail #13

Total minted: 31

Artist: Drift
@DrifterShoots 

"Dissociation"

Grail #14

Total minted: 50

Artist: Snowfro
@ArtOnBlockchain 

"Bookends (Study)"

Grails #15

Total minted: 46

Artist: Harm van den Dopel
@harmvddorpel 

"Breezy Doozy"

All holders will be on the allowlist for a future project "Orb (lite)". 

Grail #16

Total minted: 17

Artist: Jake Fried 
@jakejfried 

"Ball"

Grail #17

Total minted: 41

Artist: Emily Xie
@emilyxxie 

"Away from keyboard"

One holder will win the physical piece.

Grail #18

Total minted: 80

Artist: William Mapan
@williamapan 

"The Guardian"


Grail #19

Total minted: 19

Artist: Nadya Tolokonnikova
@pussyrrriot 

"Eat the scroll"

Grail #20

Total minted: 29

Artist: Mr. Doodle
@itsmrdoodle 

"Red Skull"

Grail #21

Total minted: 24

Artist: Osinachi
@osinachiart 

"In the air" 

Grail #22

Total minted: 136 (the most)

Artist: Alida Sun
@alidasun

"Geist"

Grail #23

Total minted: 48

Artist: neurocolor
@neurocolor 

"Retinal Plugin"

Grail #24

Total minted: 93

Artist: Justin Aversano
@justinaversano 

"Returning Home"

Pre-reveal (left) and then flipped over after artist reveal (right)

Grail #25

Total minted: 75

Artist: Zancan
@zancan 

"The Fabric of Trees"

Comes with the physical drawing raffled to one holder.



What were some of the surprise artists for you? 




You can watch the full video replay of the artist reveal along with artist stories. 

https://youtu.be/u7JtkE5GAAU



Grails Season 3 will be coming in the future. Be sure to follow @proof_xyz to stay updated. 

Also follow @eli_schein who did a great job curating this entire collection and the future collections. 



Some numbers from all the Grails artists:

$125 million combined NFT sales
5 artists with double-digit million dollars in total sales
1 artist dropping their genesis piece (#9)


Grails Season 2 Artist Reveal



8/19 Friday Parliament

- New channel for community updates and collabs
- @0xDecaArt contest for Oddities
- Future PROOF after party in Venice, CA on Aug. 30
- Talking Grails II with @eli_schein 

https://twitter.com/proof_xyz/status/1554225653330784256?s=20&t=FDGAEwjSYOVUHE1gQewhtA



Moving forward, Parliaments will be more structured and geared towards introducing new and interesting topics in our entire ecosystem, since we are all tied together.



Project updates and news will be shared first with our private community on our Discord through announcements and voice chats.



The team is also working on strengthening its written comms with a Gitbook page that will be available after Future PROOF. It’ll be a hub for information.

We have also started a Moonbirds/Oddities Highlights channel for weekly high level updates in the Discord.



We want to thank all the community members for all their work to provide recaps and updates! 

We want to continue to highlight the important content creators in our ecosystem.



Community Updates and Collabs

In the spirit of highlighting the community, we’ll be creating a new channel for Community Updates and Collaborations.

Our strict official collab policy led us to decline the majority of requests, including those from our community.



We want to show the depth of creativity within our community, and start assembling the building blocks for what kinds of projects may come out of our new DAO.

Highlight more of what our community is building. 

Will still have an application process. 



Later, we will introduce the channel with project info from UltraDAO, InPeak, the new Odd Little Creatures drop from @xrthxr_eth, and the DECA contest.




DECA contest for 3 @oddities_xyz 

Competition ends on Thu Sep 1 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 5pm UTC

Most creative gallery. Kevin, Justin, and Gremplin will be judging. 

Full details in the tweet

https://twitter.com/0xDecaArt/status/1560509370638614529?s=20&t=FDGAEwjSYOVUHE1gQewhtA



Future PROOF after event meetup on August 30 at Belles Beach House in Venice, CA from 6-10pm PT. Food, drinks and fun. 

RSVP with Tokenproof. 

https://twitter.com/proof_xyz/status/1560694355559456770?s=20&t=FDGAEwjSYOVUHE1gQewhtA



Grails Season II with @eli_schein 

https://twitter.com/eli_schein/status/1560627338932637696



Burning a mint pass for a Grail ends on August 23 at 11am ET. 

Lots of fun in our Discord. Amazing detective work. Discovering new artists. Welcoming new community members. 

Live reveal on Thursday Aug 25 at 10 am PST.



Kevin said he talked to an artists who has a certain vibe and if you saw it, you would know it instantly. 

But he wanted to do a modified version after the mint is completely so he can hide it. 

Also whoever mints 24, one person will win the physical art. 



Internal policy on minting. 

Three of our team members hold mint passes and because they have more knowledge than the general public of the artists they will randomly have their mints chosen. 

We are doing a screen share in our Discord so the community can watch. 



Josh, our president, will be minting 25

(This artist was really collaborative during the process with Eli.) 

@maubrowncow will be minting 17

@kevinrose will be minting 16

Kevin says maybe 3 artists people will think is epic. 



@eli_schein had a contest for his mint pass. 

Ran a random number generator for all the comments.

https://twitter.com/eli_schein/status/1559558315176337409?s=20&t=FDGAEwjSYOVUHE1gQewhtA



Winner is @AdilMouja 

Will send the mint pass today

https://twitter.com/AdilMouja/status/1559569219154485249?s=20&t=CXpNS88jddIcH0jTk5PdJQ

8/19 Parliament - Grails 2



8/17 Future PROOF preview hosted in our Discord. 

Today more of a table of contents what we’ll be announcing on August 30th.

More of a casual conversation today. 

Community should be the first to hear things and going forward something we are trying to improve. 



Some announcements we will wait till Future PROOF, but want to give you a heads up on what we’ll be talking about. 

You’ll see new announcements touching all collections.

We’ll be talking about events, CC0 plan, and the DAO and more.



When we think about how we build in general, the PROOF formula is not about jumping around from one project to the next. 

But want to support and innovate our existing projects.

 

Highrise

Single, token-gated place, curated based on what you hold. 

Where you can go for everything from research to podcasts to merch and more.

Can see DAO funded proposals. 

It's a primary dashboard. 



But also a way to showcase NFTs and have deep analytics. 

Imagine a world like if you click on the art, get info about the art, commentary, similar collections and more. 

Want to go really deep on the analytics about the art.

Discovery of new artists is very important.



Want to layer social on top of it. Will it be chat? Lots of speculation. We’d like to explore different social interactions.

Don't want to launch yet another chat app. 

Try radical new directions to see if it’s better and worth turning into something full-time.



Highrise is a playground to go out and build and explore.

We want you to try it out and get feedback from you.

We want a hub that you’ll visit daily.



It’s not a drop of land that you’ll hold on to while things get built. 

It won’t be a speculative asset. 

It’s more of a tool that we’ll build for collectors and token gated projects.

Once we fine tune it and you like it, we can roll it out to a wider audience.



Moonbirds

What is the goal of Moonbirds? What are we trying to accomplish?

It’s to be a big part of culture and have mainstream awareness and adoption.



You don’t get there by following someone else’s playbook. 

To have the impact we want, we can’t copy what has been done.

We will share more details about how we turn this brand into more mainstream. 

Has to be a grassroots movement and also supported by PROOF.



More details about the DAO and CC0 on the 30th to help bring more awareness to the project.

Deploying capital to community endeavors is great but if you’re not helping these things with team resources and project management then it may not work out.



Kickstarter campaigns are a great example. Get funded and then fail because of no support. 

We want to hire people so these projects can get support and help them get launched.



You need ongoing capital. 

We’ll be announcing how we’ll have money to fund the DAO. 

We’ll talk more about details about upfront capital to get this started.



We also want to expand our community over time.

Ravens, the trademark, was leaked. 

We are thinking about expansions but not charging for it. 

Nor is it time to dilute the market with a lot of NFTs.



Thought of a way to slowly and thoughtfully expand the Moonbirds community.

Slow intentional growth is important to us as we grow this community.

Want it to be organic and intentional.

But not with a crazy drop people pay for but rewarding nesters.